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J. D. TELFORD.

BRIDLE.

' APPLICATION FILED H-N.23.1915.

Patented Now 2, 1915.,

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JOHN IDEGIDON 'rntronn, F. PALMERSTON NORTH, NEW ZEALAND.

BRIDLE.

Patented Nov. 2, 1915.

Application filed January 23, 1915. Serial No, 3,886.

To all "whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, JOHN DEGIDON TEL- roun, a citizen of the Dominion of New Zealand, and residing at Palmerston North, in the Provincial District of Wellington, in theDominion of New Zealand, have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Bridles, of which the following is a specification. V

The invention relates to means employed for more effectively restraining horses which pull on the bit. v

According to my invention, reins of the ordinary fiat leather type, are led around rollers so disposed and arranged that the mechanical advantage of pulley blocks is obtained. The reins attached to each end of the bit have this arrangement of rollers,

ing the apparatus removed from the horse.

Fig. 4c, is a sectional plan, and Fig. 5, a side sectional elevation of one of the blocks, and Figs. 6 and 7 similar views on the other block.

The rein 1 is led around a roller in block 2 passes rearwardly around a roller in block 3 and then is carried forward and connected to a D-shaped loop 4; on block 2. Block 2 has a D-shaped loop 5 which is connected by a buckle strap 6 with the bit, and, block 3 has a D-shaped loop 7 connected with the girth straps of the saddle 8 by a strap 9 which passes across the withers of the horse, and has a loop 10 at its end, through which the girth straps upon the off side of the horse, are passed. The rein 11 used upon the off side of the horse passes through a similar arrangement of blocks each containing a roller a block corresponding exactly with block 3 being connected to a strap 12 which crosses strap 9 upon the withers of thehorse and has a loop 18 upon its end through which the girth straps 141: on the near side are passed. The ends'of reins 1 and 11 have their ends connected by a buckle 15.

The block 2 (as shown in Figs. 4; and 5) is comprised of a casing having the integrally formed D-shaped loops 4 and 5. The roller 16 is journaled on a spindle 17 screwed at one end into the casing and having a head 19, which keeps the roller upon the pin, a

cover 20 secured to the casing by a screw pin 21 has a flange 22 closely fitting' the opening of the casing and a recess in the underside of the cover receives the head of spin dle 17, the end of which is thereby supported. By unscrewing the pin 21 a few turns, the cover may beturned around to give access to the roller and to enable the rein to be passed a round it. J

The block 3 (see Figs. 6 and 7) is constructerlprecisely similarly to block 2 except that the casing'has a D-shaped loop at only one end. The straps 9 and 12 crossing over the withers of the horse are an important feature of the invention as most of the weight of the apparatus is thereby carried upon the withers and the pull upon the straps 9 and 12 is less likely to displace the saddle than if the straps went directly back 7 alongside the shoulders of the animal.

What 1' do claim and desire to secure by Letters Patent of the United States is '1. Apparatus for the purpose indicated comprising ablock, a Dl-shaped loop thereon, a strap for connecting said loop to a bit, a roll er rotatable within said block, a second block arranged in rear of the first block and having aD-shaped loop, a strap secured to the last mentionedloop and. adapted to cross the withcrs of a horse, means for anchoring the end of the last mentioned strap to the harness on the body of the horse, a roller rotatable in said second block, a rein connected to said first block and passing around both rollers and then rearwardly, and a duplicate set of the above mentioned parts, the

rearwurdly extending partsof the reins being joined to form a single rein.

2. Apparatus for the purpose indicated comprisinga block, a D-shaped loop thereon, a strap for connecting said loop to a bit, a roller rotatable within said block, a second block arranged in rear ofthe first block and having a D-shaped loop, a strap secured to the last mentioned loop and adapted to cross the withers of a horse, means for anchoring the end of the last mentioned strap to the harness on the body of the horse, a roller rotatable in said secondblock, a rein connected to said first block and passing around both rollers and then rearwardly, means for In testimony whereof I have signed my retaining said rein on said rollers but pername to this specification in the presence oi mitting it to be removed laterally When detWo Witnesses.

sired, and a duplicate set of the above men- JOHN DEGIDON TELFORD. .5 tioned parts, the rearwardly extending parts Witnesses:

of the reins being joined to form a single HENRIE HAMPTON RAYWARD,

rein. EDNA J OAN CoLLEY.

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